Just thought I'd compile some information about items I've found and useful information I've picked up/discovered on my journey through Dark Souls ^___^! Sorry for inaccuracies in names, as well as word walls >_<... I'll see about modifying/editing the way this information looks over time as it builds up if people find the info useful enough for me to make that happen ;3
Rare Items:
Black Bow of Pharis--> Initially I had a lot of trouble trying to find this bow. Information points towards an archer in the forest. This is true, mainly the easiest way to go about getting this is to get access to the heart of the forest near the cliff farming spot for 20k. There is an archer on the right after entering near a small hill that is almost invisible, this is your mark. Many people say they only spawn once, this is true to some extent. If they roll off the cliff and die they will respawn in my experience so far. The only way to get this bow is to kill them yourself, no cliffs ;3 I'd recommend clearing out most of the area first so you don't aggro all the mobs. Pharis likes to block and roll a lot so try to steer her to where you need her to be to avoid aggro, going off a cliff or you get the unfortunate pleasure of heading to your bonefire and clearing the area to try again >_<...
--If Pharis rolls off a cliff immediately quit and reload, it happened to me 2x, so I wonder if that makes it so she respawns again, hasn't respawned for me after pummeling her.
Server--> Located in the hellish swamp below Blight Town near a group of leeches. No idea on the general direction so just aim for leech hordes, I just got it wandering through the poison wonderland and exploring.
Eagle Shield-->Blight Town upper levels, you'll come to an area that goes out onto a stone walkway. Really nice larger shield, 100% phys block.
Covetous Gold Serpent Ring-->Sen's Fortress off a corpse in one of the rooms as I recall that you open up moving changing the direction of the boulder device.
Shadow Armor(Ninja Suit)-->Found in Blight Town, near the front entrance at the first bonfire. Take the ladder up nearby and you should have a corpse in the surrounding area up on one of the platforms with it.
Lightning Spear-->Sen's Fortress, from the mimic (demon treasure chest). Yes it will pretty much one shot kill you if you try to open this chest without checking it by hitting it. Spell cast the hell out of this box if you're able to, its grapple will also one shot you more or less >_<... I'd recommend to start checking the treasure chests from now on into all further areas, they're sprinkled around now. You can tell based on the color though it's a bit different than the chests you're used to up to this point.
Dragon Crest Shield / Astora Straight Sword-->Both of these items can be found in Drake Valley near the Plague Dragon. If you've got the master key you can get here rather easily by taking the shortcut from Firelink-->New Lando Ruins elevator down.
Blood Shield-->Found it in the Painted World, rumor is it stops the bleeding on the scythe made from Priscilla's soul. Can't confirm yet gotta finish the stage, still exploring ;3
Useful Information Tips:
Pyromancy is amazing if you're more melee based like my character. It literally at this point with a +14 pyro flame and my base int stats on my thief one shots silver knights/gargoyles in Anor Lando with a single fire orb. You can initially unlock the basic trainer on the way to the Depths, they're stuck in a room with a bunch of barrels. As they say, do a barrel roll and free them! You can unlock the second pyro trainer by upgrading your pyro flame to +10. They're located next to a pillar in the swamp below Blight Town near Queelag's Domain. Use the shortcut in Drake Valley if you have a master key. When you unlock the 2nd tier pyro instructor don't tell yours back at Firelink about her or he'll go getting himself killed >_<
Master Key--> Made of awesome, it's an amazing gift that you can't find in game and generally just makes things more conveniant. It saves you from having to do a frontal assault on Blight Town, which I think in itself justifies getting it as an item for those of us that have been here >_>...
Heart of the Forest access for 20k from the blacksmith near the area will open up a world of farming that makes the game manageable again and not torture. There's a hidden bonfire to the left of the door through an invisible wall.
Drake Sword-->Get this sword asap from the red dragon by sniping its tail, common info. GET IT NAO it makes life much easier early till you can get to some better weapons.
You never have souls or humanity ever. Those numbers? Yeah they're a zero. Get used to losing all your stuff, because you never had it to begin with, rather zen in a sense. The only time you have souls is when you specifically go to farm an area then proceed to spend the souls.
Sad face to find out but I've missed some AI Black Phantom invasions. One of them is Kirk or something that drops the thorn gear. Apparently the first time is somewhere in the Depths and I never triggered him spawning since I was hollowed at the time T.T just a heads up...
Greatest thing ever though if you break a convenant is to absolve yourself at the church where you beat the Belfrey Gargoyle. I made Alvina quite angry with me for killing her ninja for his ring and talking to her. She disappeared after the conversation but reappeared later after the absolution. Absolving costs 2k x your soul level so get farming!
-Painted World Priscilla- For those of you near the painted world or getting to it the boss like other dragon types has a tail that can be cut off if you choose to engage her since you have the option not to fight her. The main trick here is that she's invisible >_<... As if things couldn't be difficult enough on a boss lol. The trick I found out after dying a few times to her is that if you'll notice you're on a snow area when fighting her and as you fight her footprints are left where she moves, you as well though. Once you get the hang of it you just have to attack near her footprints enough to reveal her then it's just a matter of smacking the invisi-snow queen's tail off/killing her.
--Stat Scaling/Elemental Weapons-- (Word Wall Incoming)-- The debate on these is rather interesting as for those of us used to Demon's Souls, we basically had to plan to build more or less a pure stat type with mixed secondaries for equip requirements. I'm beginning to doubt this is the case while assembling some of the what we might classify as end-game and boss soul weapons. For the most part most of the scaling on them tends to be around B, give or take, which when compared to the ridiculously high stats on some of the elemental weapons makes them almost subpar by comparison in at least the 50 range. I've been sitting at 45 for most of the game up to the painted world and finally dumped a few points to up myself to 50 but this seems to be the trend so I'm not sure if more points will change this or not. It's honestly making me think about straying from my plans to go heavy dex and play a mixed game, maybe even get crazy and max int if my later tests about pyromancy scaling proves fruitful. Mainly because pyromancy is absolutely amazing, and if sorcery is as good as I hear at times it gives me some variety there. Also I just want to put this out there, endurance is also in my considerations because it's like the best damn stat just about in my opinion lol. Mainly because unlike Demon's Souls it's not as much of a dodge fest game for me, more of a block game with how dodge seems to function in Dark Souls. What's the point of trying to dodge some attacks when I can be absolutely safe on a lot of attacks with a block and then follow up more safely into a counter. Bottom line though, couple points into attunement if you're a melee having trouble and get pyromancy since 3 spell slots is easy to get. It is literally amazing to the point of how did you play the game before it at times mixed with melee play.
--Well that's it for now, more as I update, may have to turn it into a guide if people find the information generally helpful ;3 I also can only post 5 times a day since I'm a forum nub so I apologize for the slowness in responses.
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